Increased Risk of Stillbirth among Women whose Partner Has Tuberculosis

Table 2

The outcomes of pregnancy in cases and controls.

Variables		Control (31945)	Case (6389)
Gestational weeks		39.00 [38.00, 40.00]	39.00 [38.00, 40.00]	<0.001
Premature birth	No	31326 (98.1)	6233 (97.6)	0.01
	Yes	619 (1.9)	156 (2.4)
LBW	No	31453 (98.5)	6261 (98.0)	0.009
	Yes	492 (1.5)	128 (2.0)
Stillbirth	No	31898 (99.9)	6369 (99.7)	0.006
	Yes	47 (0.1)	20 (0.3)
Birth gender	Man	16443 (51.5)	3317 (51.9)	0.525
	Women	15502 (48.5)	3072 (48.1)
Birth weight (g)		3260.00 [3000.00, 3500.00]	3250.00 [3000.00, 3500.00]	<0.001

LBW: low birth weight; the distribution of continuous variables is expressed as the median [lower quartile, upper quartile]; case: women or partner with TB; control: healthy women with healthy partner.